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Pāda is the Sanskrit term for "foot" (cognate to English foot, Latin pes, Greek pous), with derived meanings "step, stride; footprint, trace; vestige, mark".The term has a wide range of applications, including any one of four parts (as it were one foot of a quadruped), or any sub-division more generally, e.g. a chapter of a book (originally a section of a book divided in four parts). In Sanskrit metre, pāda is the term for a metrical foot. As a measure of length, a pada amounts to 12 or 15 fingers' breadth, or 1/2 or 1/3 or 3/7 of a .

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  • Pada (devanāgarī (IAST): पाद (pāda)) est un mot sanskrit, un nom de genre masculin, qui désigne concrètement un « pied ». La valeur sémantique de ce terme s'élargit cependant, et s'applique à divers domaines tels la métrique, la stylistique, voire la déférence envers les personnes respectées dans la société traditionnelle hindoue. Ce terme désigne également l'un des cinq karmendriya dans le système philosophique du Samkhya. Un pāda désigne aussi le quart, ou la quatrième partie d'un ensemble. Les pada (« textes d'une chanson ») sont des courts poèmes lyriques chantés de façon collective ou individuelle. (fr)
  • Pāda is the Sanskrit term for "foot" (cognate to English foot, Latin pes, Greek pous), with derived meanings "step, stride; footprint, trace; vestige, mark".The term has a wide range of applications, including any one of four parts (as it were one foot of a quadruped), or any sub-division more generally, e.g. a chapter of a book (originally a section of a book divided in four parts). In Sanskrit metre, pāda is the term for a metrical foot. As a measure of length, a pada amounts to 12 or 15 fingers' breadth, or 1/2 or 1/3 or 3/7 of a . In Sanskrit grammar, a pada is any inflected word (noun or verb). In Buddhism, pāda is the term for a Buddha footprint. Gautama Buddha’s footprints symbolized his presence, and his image and iconography developed several centuries after he had died. There are also several landmarks venerated as "footprints" (pāda, also pādamudrā) of Hindu deities. For example, Si Pada on Adam's Peak is a rock formation in Sri Lanka venerated as the footprint of Buddha in Buddhist tradition, the footprint of Shiva in Hinduism, and the footprint of Adam in Muslim tradition. (en)
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  • Pada (devanāgarī (IAST): पाद (pāda)) est un mot sanskrit, un nom de genre masculin, qui désigne concrètement un « pied ». La valeur sémantique de ce terme s'élargit cependant, et s'applique à divers domaines tels la métrique, la stylistique, voire la déférence envers les personnes respectées dans la société traditionnelle hindoue. Ce terme désigne également l'un des cinq karmendriya dans le système philosophique du Samkhya. Un pāda désigne aussi le quart, ou la quatrième partie d'un ensemble. (fr)
  • Pāda is the Sanskrit term for "foot" (cognate to English foot, Latin pes, Greek pous), with derived meanings "step, stride; footprint, trace; vestige, mark".The term has a wide range of applications, including any one of four parts (as it were one foot of a quadruped), or any sub-division more generally, e.g. a chapter of a book (originally a section of a book divided in four parts). In Sanskrit metre, pāda is the term for a metrical foot. As a measure of length, a pada amounts to 12 or 15 fingers' breadth, or 1/2 or 1/3 or 3/7 of a . (en)
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  • Pada (fr)
  • Pada (foot) (en)
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